| From: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, PGSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL future ideas |
| Date: | 2008-09-20 10:47:10 |
| Message-ID: | 1221907630.3585.1.camel@huvostro |
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On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 16:37 -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:57:36 +0100
> "Dave Page" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Gevik Babakhani <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl> wrote:
> > > Has there been any idea to port PG to a more modern programming language
> > > like C++? Of course there are some minor obstacles like a new OO design,
> >
> > The plan is to start porting it to Java after the next release -
> > probably at the beginning of April.
>
> I don't think that we should rush into any one language without
> checking the alternatives. Personally I think we should port everything
> to Intercal.
We should rewrite it to something that has no visual noise, so
attracting new developers would be easier.
My choice would be whitespace , see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_(programming_language)
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Hannu Krosing
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